"Samo Riba" - Hotel Palindrone

• artist:
  Hotel Palindrone
• country:
  Austria
• release year:
  2003
• style(s): Folk Roots
• formats:
  • CD (Compact Disc)
• record submitted by:
  EuRoots
• label:
  Extraplatte

International reviews:

"All multi-instrumentalists, they're equally adept at Swedish and Balkan music … connecting them together with traditional Alpine music and their own compositions. … It's a great time and the musicians are obviously enjoying themselves: Add that to their great abilities, and you have a record that's pretty much irresistible." (CN - sing Out!/ USA, 2004)

"… music for all to enjoy. The equally enticing booklet … shows that the way in which they chose the various tunes is quite a story on its own. … vibrant record. … This unexpected surprise from Austria is a welcome inclusion in the ranks of world music." (Nondas Kitsos - Roots World Recording Review/ USA)

"With great skill, the Viennese play extremely varied drone music, and it makes you dance. Four years after the promising début album "Elegance" - now reduced to a quartet, but musically fully grown and by no means less elegant - their live CD "Samo Riba": European music full of sparkling wit." (Tom Keller - Folk World CD Reviews/ Germany)

"Hotel Palindrone, Austria's only drone band of stature, has released their long-awaited live album. ... . There are extremely varied sets, often with a touch of jazz. ... Interesting arrangements and lyrical elegance: Hotel Palindrone prove that the unison of bagpipes, hurdy gurdies and other instruments does not necessarily result in a rough and archaic sound." (Richard Schuberth - Concerto Magazin/ A, 2004)

"Live recording of a punchy Austrian quartet playing a wide variety of European dance music with a bit of singing. The 16 instruments they play well, all help to sustain the interest. Thumbs up." (fRoots/ GB, 2004)

More reviews on our homepage: www.hotelpalindrone.com